Distribution of the insertion element IS240 among Bacillus thuringiensis strains

Current Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 348-353

  Rosso, Marie Laure ^a   Delécluse, Armelle ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; FLY; GENE INSERTION; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; DIPTERA; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; SEROTYPING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ARCHAEA; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; DIPTERA;

EID: 1842411342     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849900194     Document Type: Article

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